Reinforced knit goods and process of making same.



M. T. MURPHY & G. MISS.- BBINFOEGBD KNIT GOODS AND PROCESS OF MAKING SAME.

APPLICATION FILED $33.3, 190B.

Patented Mar. 22, 1910.

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M. T. MURPHYG: c. GESS. REINFORCED KNIT GOODS AND PROCESS OF MAKING SAME. APPLICATION FILED F113. 3, 1908. 952,709. Patented Mar.22,1910.

an improved form of reinforce for the heels 'Mnarnr and Crnmnns in place,

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RLES GESS, OF ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN,

KNIT GOODS AND PROCESS OF MAKING SAME.

L t rs n Patented Mar. 22, .1910.

Application filed February 3, 1908. Serial No. 413,964.

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Mioinun. 'lmo rni' Glass, citizens of the United States of America, and residents'of St. Joseph, Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Reinforced Knit Goods and Processes of Making Same, of which the following is a specification.

Our intention relates to knit goods, such as socks and stockings and other similar articles of wearing apparel.

Objects of our invention are to provide and toes of hosiery, or for similar portions of. other knit goods; to provide improved and novel blanks ,of knit fabric, such as socks or stockings or parts thereof in blank form," ada ted for use in making hosiery. with rein orced heels or tees; to provide an improved and novel method of knittin heels and toes; and to rovide an improved process or method of reinforcement for knit oods. The nature and advantages of our invention will, however, hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanyin drawin 's:-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a so-cal ed stocking blank, made inaocordance with the invention, showin the double heel and double toe, the sai blank bein adapted to be folded into shape to provi e a seek or stocking having inner and outer heels and inner and outer toes, as hereinafter described... Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail .vi W of the double toe'of the said stocking blank. Fig. 3 is a view'similar Fig. 2,.but showing one toe folded within .ie other, preparatory to sewing or otherwise securing the two toes in place. Fig. t is a detail sectional view, showing the two toes folded and secured thus providing an inner and outer toe for the stocking. Fig. 5 is a side clonation of the sock or stocking after it'iscompleted, the two toes having been secured in and the inner and outer heels having been sowed in place, thus. providing a sock! one within the other. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail sectional view showing one heel socured within the other.

As thus illustrated, and particularly to Fig. 1, the so-called stocking blank A, front which the completed orfinished sock or stocking is to be made, is prorided, when it leaves theknitting machine, with inner and outer adjacent toes OI6L', and with inner and outer adjacent heels a' a all of which are knit or formed integral with the knit fabric whiehserves as the body of the said sock or stocking, and which surrounds the reinforced portions. In this wa the stocking blank has atoe portion of double area, well as a heel portion of double area, in other words, double toes and heels thus pro vidifig two toes and two heels, in the manner shown. In the processor knitting, and as is usual in the manufacture of goods of this kind, the socks or stockings are made continuously, and then out apart afterward, and hence the ap or cut a. forming raw edges at the toe of the stocking. During the knittin of the sock or stocking the firstor inner hee a) is made first, one or more extra courses a are then run on the machine, and the second or outer heel a is then made, the two heels being-thus joined inte rally to each other andto the stocking bo y, in the manner illustrated. After this, the foot portion of the sock or stockin is then made, and then the operator Ina (es the first or outer toe a, in the usual manner. After this, one or inoi'e extra courses a are run on .the machine, and then the second or inner toe o. is made, after which the operator is ready to conunencc on the to ortion of an other sock or stocking. htterward, the socks or stockings are cut apart-that is to y, the so-cnlled stocking blanks are cut apart, leaving them in the shape or form shown in Fig. 1. In reducing such a blank form or shape, the second or referring" more to the desired or outer toe a,1n the manner shown in Fig.

or stocking having reinforced heel and toe consisting of inner and outer layers knit or formed integral with the balance otthe i said sock or stocking, as will. hereinafter Fig. 6 is an'enlargred View of the double lwelfi with which the said stocking blank pro-j similar View showing the to folding fragmentary detail two heels cut apart preparatory 4. The free edge of the second or innertoo is sewed or closed at (1? upon the inner surface of the stocking, and the free edge at the top of the too is scued'or otherwise closed upon the bend or folded edge of,

which latteris formed by the bend bptween the two toes. This results in a toe consist mg of inner and outer layers which are integrally united with the balance of the stockinner toe a is folded back Within-thefirst' it will be seen that which latter is of only av sin lethick- IlESTs'.

stocking, the intermediate portion formed bythe extra course or courses a is cut or slit in the manner shown in Fig. 7, thus forming raw ed es and leaving each heel with one free e ge. The first heel (l is then brought within the second or outer heel a, in the manner shown in Fi 8, one la er being superim osed upon tie other. he free edge a 0 the inner heel is their sewed or closed u on the inner surface of the stockin an the free edge a is-then sewed or close upon the outer surface of the stockmg, in the manner illustrated. This provi es the completed or stocking with a. double heel consisting of inner and outer la ers which are knit or formed inte ral wlth'the balance of the stocking, all at er parts of the stocking being comnosed of only a single thickness 0 the knit fabric.

From thefore oing, it will be seen that a novel and high y satisfactory form of reinforcement is provided for hosiery and other knit i: code, at the points where the same are in ject to severe strain or wear. We accom lish thi as explained, by using raw cutas 'stinguished from integral ed es or salvage edges, and b knitting the bee s andtoes adjacent each 0t er, either separately or on the hosiery. It will be seen that both the inside and outside surfaces of the double toe are the right side of the fabric, one toe being turned rlghtside out within theother, that is, with the right side of the fabric. against the foot of the wearer; and in connection with the double heel, it will be observed that the outside thereof is'the right side of the fabric, while the inside the wrong side of the fabric, one heel being drawn wrong side out within the other that is with the wrong side against the foot. It will; be underst-ood, of course,

that this im roved method of reinforcing the heels an toes, by forming the stocking blankwith two heels and two toes, does not rohihit the use of reinforced yarn-that is to say, the heels and toes can still be made of heavier yarn, if such is desired. The raw edges of the heels and toes can be sewedin place to prevent raveling, by hand or otherwise, as may be desired, 'and the sock or stocking can suitable manner for the purpose of expediting the attachment or securing of the heel and toe portions in place. As illustrated, each layer of the heehas at least tine free edge, the free edges of the inner and outer heels extending in opposite directions. {The wever, is composed of inner and outer one of which has a free edge, the outer toe being the knit fabric of the i 19. s only nail-rely the inner toe, fiiited all around with 'ltockin As stated,the free ed esof the heel and to e portions may be sew or otherthe hosiery soft and pliable to There would t be a be reversed or turned in anywise secured in place, so as toprovidc separate thicknesses which are adapted to move relatively to each other, and which make the touch. It will be understood, of c0urse, that we do not limit ourselves to the exact construe tion shown and described, as the same may be varied more or less without de arting from the spirit of our invention. t wil also be understood that we do not limit the invention, in its broader aspect, to hosiery inasmuch as it may be applied to other knit goods.

The knitted aiticle as it comes from the machine with rawjedges for the toe constitutes one blank, and a ter the heel portion is cut or divided,*f0rm ng raw edges, thct. the same knitted article constitutes another blank-;that is to say, the tocking blank exists in two forms before it is finally folded into the shape required for the finished stockin It Wfil be seen, of course, that as far as the broader aspect of our invention is concerned, the extra heels and toes can be made separately, by ,making a se )arate heel and sewing it inside of the eel o the stocking, and bymaking an extra toe and sewing it inside of the toe \Of the sock or stocking. These heels and toes can be knitted continuously, by a sat bly constructed knitting mac inc, and on apart,- iving them raw edges, and then sewed inside of the hosiery. This would give two layers at the heel, and two layers at the toe, as previously described, but the inside layer would not be integrally united with the knit fabric which forms the body of the sock or stocking.

tween the il'mm' and outer toes, and another inclosed space between 'the inner and outer heels, but thesaid inner heels be joined at,f 'ttheir raw ed s to the main body of the' fahric by stitc ng, or by other means, as ,they would not 'be'knitted or formed integral with the stocking, In this way both .forms; of this inventidrifinvolve extra heels and toes having ht dges sewed in lace inside 0f the hosi vent rave. ing. Thus the in'ventionla an economical method of manufacture in fully inclosed space beand toes would mars.

either case. \Vi th either method; the are knit successivelyl'nd then cut a art and the raw cutedg either method, -th t and then suitably thereof sewediri place. In orm of this invention the outline of thfreiinforcw ment is de ked by a raw cut edgos'ewed in place. ith either method, a plurality of toes orsheels are knitted side by side, and in either case theheels are cut apart where they are contiguous. to each other to form .raw attaching edges. The toes are also cut similar attaching edges.

. are knitmnccesiVeIy sew'din'pilace. l ith t and the edges tendin It is an im ortant consideration that, with either met 0d the heels or the toes are formed ad'acentr-tliat is, one heel is formed substantially in continuation of the other, and this is also true of the toes. One-half of each heel or too is formed in direct con tinuation of one-half of another heel or toe-that is to say, the knitting from the center of one is in a straight ine to the center of the other, so that the direction. of the knitting only changes at tire center of each heel or toe, and does not curve or change at any point between. Moreover, each heel and each we is of proper shape for use. In other words, each Reel and toe when first knitted is of the exatit shape and construction it is to have, in the sock or stocking. Thus all the heels and toes may be of the same shape and ori inal formation. It is also im ortant that he stocking blank or other tullular body f fabric is made by successively forming :a series 0 inte ral heels or toes, only one in. direct or straight line continuation of the other, at one side thereof. It will be seen that the heels and toes are duplicates of each other,

so far as shape and the method of knitting are concerned. The size may be varied to suit the requirements.

It will be seen that each heel ctr toe consists of two parts, the. fabric of one part exat an an dc to the fabric of the other part. bus the fabric extends straight from of another heel or toe.

The heeland toe, of course, constitute the opposite extremities of the foot efithe sock We provide a raw edge for the inner reinforce of either extremity; Preferably, the wrong side of thisreinforce is opposed to the wrong side" of the. fabric of the hosiery.

For the broader pur oses of our invention,

we do not limit curse fies to theexaot construction shown and described, nor toieither one of the two methods or processes of manufacture herein disclosed, as various constructions and methods may be employed for utiliviug the raw edge on .the inside ofthe hosiery, to reinfc ce the toes or heels thereof-,---without departing from the spirit, of our invention.

that we claim as our invention is:

1. A stocking blank having a double toe, one toe being attached to the other but separated by a raw edge from the blank, to provide the stocking with atoc of double thickness when the blank is folded. v I

Q. A stocking blank having-a split or divided heel portion of double size, having raw edges at the split or division, to provide the stocking with a heel of double thickness when the blank is folded b drawing one portion thereof within the ot er.

3, A stocking blank having raw edged the centep of one heel or toe to the center heel and toe portions of double siie to provide the stocking with heel and toe of double thickness when the blank is foldedby dra wing one portion thereof within the other.

4. A, stocking blank having two adjacent integral knit heels, one above the other, with one or more extra courses between them," as r and for the purposeset forth.

5. A stocking blank having two adjacent integral knit toes, one above-theother, with one or more extra coursesbetween them, as and for the purpose set forth.

(3. A stocking blank having two adjacent integral knit toes and two ad acQnt integral knit heels, one toe being partially detached from the blank, and the two heels having a cut or division between them, as and for. the purpose specific 1 7. An an article of manufacture, a tubular body of knitted fabric having a series of integral heels formed side by side in direct continuation of each other at one side thereof.

8. As an article of manufacture, a tubular body of knitted fabric having a series of integral toes formed side by side in direct con tinnation ofeach other at one side thereof.

9. In knit goods, a plurality of adjacent integral knit heels or toes, one half of each heel or toe formed in direct continuation of one half of another, there being one or more extra courses bet-ween the same.

10. T hemethod of making knitted hosiery havinginner and outer toes, which includes the successive knitting of a plurality of adjacent integrally connected toes, by forming 10o one half of one too in straight line continuation of one-half of another, suitably cutting the same, superimposing the inner toes on the inner surfaces of the outer toes of said hosiery,then sewing the raw cut edges thereof in )lace to provide additional inner thickness or the toes of the hosiery.

1].. The method of making knitted hosiery having inner and outer heels, which includes the successive knittiing of a plurality of adjacent int rally connected heels, by forming one-half 0 one heel in straight line continuation of one-half of another heel, cutting the same apart, heels on the inner surfaces of the outer hee s superimposing the inner of the said hosiery, and sewing the raw cut edges thereof in place to provide additional inner thickness for the heels of the hosier 12. As an article of manufacture, a bod of knitted fabric comprising a plurality of integral knitted hosiery toes or heels, with extra courses between them, each knitted in 1 the exact shape or form it has when in use, formed side by side and contiguous to each other. 3,25

13.. As an article of manufacture, a body of knitted fabric comprising a plurality o knitted heels or toes formed adjacent to and integral with each other, with extra courses between them, all in the exact shape or form necessary for use, each heel or toe compeisthen sewing the said raw in place upon ing two parts, the fabric of one part extendtherwrong side of the fabric of the hosiery.

ing at an J ngle to the fabric of the other 15. The improvement in the art of reinart at each side of each heelortoe, and the forcing the toes or heels of knitted socks or 25 abnc'oi one part extending in straight line stockings, by providing the same with extra continuation of the fabric of a part of Intoes or heels, consisting in knitting toes or other heel or toe, when the some are spread heels successively and in continuation of out flat, 'wherebythe knitted fiebric extends each other, with extra courses where the atstraig from the center of one heel or-toe to tachin edges areto be formed, cutting the so the ce ter of another heel or toe, as shown. name .t rough the extra courses to provide a 14. he im roved method of making and raw attaching e therefor, an i then sewreinforcing t e toes or heels of knitted raw ed e in place to retain the extra hosiery, by providing the same with inner heel or toe in r toes or heels, which includes the knitting of Signed b us at St. Joseph, Michigan this a:

the fabric for tlhc inllllfil toeshor heels, with 28th day of January 1908.

extra courses w mere t e attac e gee are V v r to be formed, cutting the same t rough the MURPHY extra; courses to provide raw attaching edges f therefor, epplgin? the knitted fabric of the W itneeses:

inner toes or ee 5 to the wrong side of the CRAB. W. S'rm'rron,

fabric of the tower heels oi the hosiery, and i Fnnuon'r Evnzs. 

